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First off, don't be so rude. Second, please check your spelling. We're tired of having to re-edit any one of your edits. Third: in peace Mr.KK and Deuil got new sprites, and IO got a new sprite in Kaimei Riddles. And of course in both games Mimi and Nyami got new sprites as well. It's called looking. Fourth, Vol. 1/2 IIDX OSTs happened long before BST. Please check your facts. Fifth, the Ichika and vocal event from last year does credit artists in SDVX.
m (→‎Effects on BEMANI as a whole: post examples as proof, because i haven't seen any new sprites regarding old characters (unless you count profile as sprites, which i don't))
(First off, don't be so rude. Second, please check your spelling. We're tired of having to re-edit any one of your edits. Third: in peace Mr.KK and Deuil got new sprites, and IO got a new sprite in Kaimei Riddles. And of course in both games Mimi and Nyami got new sprites as well. It's called looking. Fourth, Vol. 1/2 IIDX OSTs happened long before BST. Please check your facts. Fifth, the Ichika and vocal event from last year does credit artists in SDVX.)
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=== Enter BEMANI Sound Team ===
=== Enter BEMANI Sound Team ===


Only the vocalists were credited on the jackets and in-game for the ''Continuing the Seniors! The Second Vocalist Contest'' songs. To this day KONAMI has not officially revealed any of the musicians for the songs; it wasn't until HDD ripping months later that any artists were confirmed. The [https://p.eagate.573.jp/game/sdvx/iv/p/music/detail.html?list_id=27 SOUND VOLTEX website] however, makes the first known mention of an entity simply known as '''BEMANI Sound Team''', crediting the composition of the contest songs to them.
Only the vocalists were credited on the jackets and in-game for the ''Continuing the Seniors! The Second Vocalist Contest'' songs. To this day KONAMI has not officially revealed any of the musicians for the songs; it wasn't until HDD ripping months later that any artists were confirmed. The [https://p.eagate.573.jp/game/sdvx/iv/p/music/detail.html?list_id=27 SOUND VOLTEX website] however, makes the first known mention of an entity simply known as '''BEMANI Sound Team''', crediting the contest songs to them.


On November 2nd, 2017, three new songs were added to [[AC pnm Usaneko|pop'n music うさぎと猫と少年の夢]]. [[Monkshood]] was done by a commission artist, while two others - [[Dance to Blue (Respect Style)]] and [[Mychronicle]] - were credited to BEMANI Sound Team. [[GERBERA]], a SOUND VOLTEX song added for the [[Tenkaichi otogesai|Dai yon kai Tenkaichi otogesai]] (第四回天下一音ゲ祭) event, also had its artist name - [[Yasuhiro Taguchi|TAG]] - removed and replaced with simply BEMANI Sound Team on the official website, with only its song name listed on the final jacket. KONAMI wouldn't credit the artists for these songs until late into December, now listed as '''BEMANI Sound Team (artist name)'''. KONAMI even went so far as to censor the jackets of songs even before the BEMANI Sound Team change on BEMANI Fan Site CHECK!SONGS Monthly Ranking lists, as seen [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4vsnStmeR4 here].
On November 2nd, 2017, three new songs were added to [[AC pnm Usaneko|pop'n music うさぎと猫と少年の夢]]. [[Monkshood]] was done by a commission artist, while two others - [[Dance to Blue (Respect Style)]] and [[Mychronicle]] - were credited to BEMANI Sound Team. [[GERBERA]], a SOUND VOLTEX song added for the [[Tenkaichi otogesai|Dai yon kai Tenkaichi otogesai]] (第四回天下一音ゲ祭) event, also had its artist name - [[Yasuhiro Taguchi|TAG]] - removed and replaced with simply BEMANI Sound Team on the official website, with only its song name listed on the final jacket. KONAMI wouldn't credit the artists for these songs until late into December, now listed as '''BEMANI Sound Team (artist name)'''. KONAMI even went so far as to censor the jackets of songs even before the BEMANI Sound Team change on BEMANI Fan Site CHECK!SONGS Monthly Ranking lists, as seen [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4vsnStmeR4 here].
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* In late 2016/early 2017, KONAMI started shuffling around its executives in the company, as can be seen on their press releases on their official website [https://www.konami.com/news/en/2016/ here] and [https://www.konami.com/news/en/2017/ here]. It has been widely suggested that the new staff have wanted to focus more on the mobile division and less on arcades, and in order to have their in-house musicians stand out more, they created the label of '''BEMANI Sound Team''' to distinguish them from commission artists like [[Ryutaro Nakahara|Ryu☆]] or [[Kosuke Saito|kors k]].
* In late 2016/early 2017, KONAMI started shuffling around its executives in the company, as can be seen on their press releases on their official website [https://www.konami.com/news/en/2016/ here] and [https://www.konami.com/news/en/2017/ here]. It has been widely suggested that the new staff have wanted to focus more on the mobile division and less on arcades, and in order to have their in-house musicians stand out more, they created the label of '''BEMANI Sound Team''' to distinguish them from commission artists like [[Ryutaro Nakahara|Ryu☆]] or [[Kosuke Saito|kors k]].
* KONAMI merged with a pachinko company which is rumored to have very strict policies on public appearances of its personnel and staff. In an attempt to dumb down appearances, the '''BEMANI Sound Team''' moniker was added, to the point where their names aren't even listed in the rare live events the in-house BEMANI staff participate in now.
* KONAMI merged with a pachinko company rumored to have very strict policies on public appearances of its personnel and staff. In an attempt to dumb down appearances, the '''BEMANI Sound Team''' moniker was added, to the point where their names aren't even listed in the rare live events the in-house BEMANI staff participate in now.
** According to KONAMI's 48th annual general meeting of shareholders, the reduced public appearances of BEMANI artists was made so "they can focus on making content" [https://img.konami.com/ir/ja/stockbond/stockholderinfo/generalmeeting/48/questions_and_answers.pdf].
** According to KONAMI's 48th annual general meeting of shareholders, the reduced public appearances of BEMANI artists was made so "they can focus on making content" [https://img.konami.com/ir/ja/stockbond/stockholderinfo/generalmeeting/48/questions_and_answers.pdf] (link down).


=== Effects on BEMANI as a whole ===
=== Effects on BEMANI as a whole ===
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** At The 8th [[KONAMI Arcade Championship]], all in-house BEMANI staff appearances in the event's live show on the final day were either blurred out by cameras, or covered over by gameplay footage from other BEMANI titles during their performances. Artists also addressed themselves as "BEMANI Sound Team" aloud and wore grey shirts with the words "BEMANI Sound Team" written on them.
** At The 8th [[KONAMI Arcade Championship]], all in-house BEMANI staff appearances in the event's live show on the final day were either blurred out by cameras, or covered over by gameplay footage from other BEMANI titles during their performances. Artists also addressed themselves as "BEMANI Sound Team" aloud and wore grey shirts with the words "BEMANI Sound Team" written on them.
** Furthermore, the BEMANI SPECIAL LIVE segment after The 9th KONAMI Arcade Championship in JAEPO 2020 was not broadcasted online. Taking photographs during the LIVE segment was prohibited.
** Furthermore, the BEMANI SPECIAL LIVE segment after The 9th KONAMI Arcade Championship in JAEPO 2020 was not broadcasted online. Taking photographs during the LIVE segment was prohibited.
** The live sets on the [[BEMANI PRO LEAGUE]] 2021 and 2022 credited each artist much like in the games, as '''BEMANI Sound Team "artist"''', with all in-house BEMANI artist appearances uncensored (BEMANI staff appearances are still blurred out).
** The live sets on the [[BEMANI PRO LEAGUE]] 2021 and 2022 credited each artist as '''BEMANI Sound Team "artist"''', with all in-house BEMANI artist appearances uncensored (BEMANI staff are still blurred out).
* Song pack releases for [[CS jb plus|jubeat plus]] and [[CS RB plus|REFLEC BEAT plus]] stopped completely after November 2017.
* Song pack releases for [[CS jb plus|jubeat plus]] and [[CS RB plus|REFLEC BEAT plus]] stopped completely after November 2017.
* BEMANI artist albums published by KONAMI have ceased completely; the only albums published by KONAMI since the change that are vaguely BEMANI related either involve [[HinaBitter|HinaBitter♪]] or Tokimeki Idol (ときめきアイドル), as both are Konami Digital Entertainment franchises (BEMANI games are by Konami Amusement instead).
* BEMANI artist albums published by KONAMI have ceased completely; the only albums published by KONAMI since the change that are vaguely BEMANI related either involve [[HinaBitter|HinaBitter♪]] or Tokimeki Idol (ときめきアイドル), as both are Konami Digital Entertainment franchises (BEMANI games are by Konami Amusement instead).
** BEMANI game OST production has also slowed down significantly.
** BEMANI game OST production has also slowed down significantly.
** BEMANI game OSTs no longer list staff credits.
** BEMANI game OSTs no longer list staff credits.
** The beatmania IIDX Vol. 2 OST are now released with the next version's Vol. 1 OST.
* The '''DJ YOSHITAKA Song Remix Contest''', announced near the end of [[AC SDVX III|SOUND VOLTEX III GRAVITY WARS]] on October 19th, 2016, was cancelled. The only remix contest in [[AC SDVX IV|SOUND VOLTEX IV HEAVENLY HAVEN]] was for commission artist Ryu☆'s launch of his [[Ryu BEST -STARLiGHT-|Ryu☆BEST -STARLiGHT-]] album.
* The '''DJ YOSHITAKA Song Remix Contest''', announced near the end of [[AC SDVX III|SOUND VOLTEX III GRAVITY WARS]] on October 19th, 2016, was cancelled. The only remix contest in [[AC SDVX IV|SOUND VOLTEX IV HEAVENLY HAVEN]] was for commission artist Ryu☆'s launch of his [[Ryu BEST -STARLiGHT-|Ryu☆BEST -STARLiGHT-]] album.
* Song comments on new songs in [[AC DDR A|DanceDanceRevolution A]] and [[AC pnm Usaneko|pop'n music うさぎと猫と少年の夢]] stopped after early fall 2017.
* Song comments on new songs in [[AC DDR A|DanceDanceRevolution A]] and [[AC pnm Usaneko|pop'n music うさぎと猫と少年の夢]] stopped after early fall 2017.
** All future DanceDanceRevolution games from [[AC DDR A20|A20]] onward, and all future pop'n music games' websites from [[AC pnm peace|peace]] onward, don't have pages for music and/or characters ''at all''.
** All future DanceDanceRevolution games and pop'n music games' pages from [[AC DDR A20|A20]] and [[AC pnm peace|peace]] respectively don't have pages for music and/or characters ''at all''.
** Only ''two'' new characters have been made for pop'n music since summer 2017; [[The last of world music|Estel]] for うさぎと猫と少年の夢, and [[25 o'clock the WORLD|Nornir]] for peace.
** Only ''two'' new characters have been made for pop'n music since summer 2017; [[The last of world music|Estel]] for うさぎと猫と少年の夢, and [[25 o'clock the WORLD|Nornir]] for peace.
** With the exceptions of [[Nyami]] and [[Mimi]], virtually none of the old pop'n music characters have received new sprites since September 2017, only receiving new profile, which counts as separate characters.
** With the exceptions of [[Nyami]] and [[Mimi]], virtually none of the old pop'n music characters have received new sprites since September 2017.
** Unlike [[HinaBitter|HinaBitter♪]], the [[BandMeshi|BandMeshi♪]] cast also have no unique sprites in pop'n music; instead, old rival characters are used in their place.
** Unlike [[HinaBitter|HinaBitter♪]], the [[BandMeshi|BandMeshi♪]] cast also have no unique sprites in pop'n music; instead, old rival characters are used in their place.
* In-house designers on the song pages on the [[AC CANNON BALLERS|beatmania IIDX 25 CANNON BALLERS]] website were exclusively credited to '''BEMANI Designers'''.
* In-house designers on the [[AC CANNON BALLERS|beatmania IIDX 25 CANNON BALLERS]] website were exclusively credited to '''BEMANI Designers''' in Video Production Information.
** [[Be a Hero!]], [[Catch Our Fire!]], and all of the [[BEMANI SUMMER GREETINGS]] songs didn't list their jacket artists at all. In the latter's case, composer credits are also not listed on their song jacket.
** [[Be a Hero!]], [[Catch Our Fire!]], and all of the [[BEMANI SUMMER GREETINGS]] songs didn't list their jacket artists at all. In the latter's case, composer credits are also not listed.
** From [[AC Rootage|beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage]] onward, in-house designers on the song pages were credited much like the in-house composers, as '''BEMANI Designers "artist"'''.
** From [[AC Rootage|beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage]] onward, in-house designers on the song pages are credited much like the in-house composers, as '''BEMANI Designers "artist"''' (SOUND VOLTEX does not put BST credits on songs).
** In-house designers are credited without the '''BEMANI Designer''' moniker in the [[SOUND VOLTEX Information|SOUND VOLTEX]] games. This does '''not''' apply to BEMANI events involving in-house artist, where the designers went uncredited.
* The 10th anniversary event of jubeat in [[AC jb clan|jubeat clan]], ''clan kakumichi original characters & songs'' (clan各街オリジナルキャラクター＆楽曲), exclusively involved commission artists, and all of the jackets for the event were commissioned as well.
* The 10th anniversary event of jubeat in [[AC jb clan|jubeat clan]], ''clan kakumichi original characters & songs'' (clan各街オリジナルキャラクター＆楽曲), exclusively involved commission artists, and all of the jackets for the event were commissioned as well.
** The commissioned jacket trend has continued into [[AC jb festo|jubeat festo]].
** The commissioned jacket trend has continued into [[AC jb festo|jubeat festo]].
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** All arcade beatmania pages, all beatmania IIDX arcade pages prior to [[AC Lincle|beatmania IIDX 19 Lincle]], all CS beatmania IIDX pages after [[CS 6th style|6th style CS]], all core DanceDanceRevolution arcade pages prior to [[AC DDR X3|DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX]] (and the Solo games' pages), all GuitarFreaks & DrumMania arcade pages prior to [[AC GD Tri-Boost|GITADORA Tri-Boost]], all jubeat arcade pages prior to [[AC jb saucer fulfill|jubeat saucer fulfill]] (as well as [[CS jb plus|jubeat plus]]), all pop'n music arcade pages prior to [[AC pnm Lapistoria|pop'n music ラピストリア]] (as well as the CS games and [[AC pns|pop'n stage]]), and all REFLEC BEAT arcade pages prior to [[AC RB colette|REFLEC BEAT colette]] (and [[CS RB plus|REFLEC BEAT plus]]).
** All arcade beatmania pages, all beatmania IIDX arcade pages prior to [[AC Lincle|beatmania IIDX 19 Lincle]], all CS beatmania IIDX pages after [[CS 6th style|6th style CS]], all core DanceDanceRevolution arcade pages prior to [[AC DDR X3|DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX]] (and the Solo games' pages), all GuitarFreaks & DrumMania arcade pages prior to [[AC GD Tri-Boost|GITADORA Tri-Boost]], all jubeat arcade pages prior to [[AC jb saucer fulfill|jubeat saucer fulfill]] (as well as [[CS jb plus|jubeat plus]]), all pop'n music arcade pages prior to [[AC pnm Lapistoria|pop'n music ラピストリア]] (as well as the CS games and [[AC pns|pop'n stage]]), and all REFLEC BEAT arcade pages prior to [[AC RB colette|REFLEC BEAT colette]] (and [[CS RB plus|REFLEC BEAT plus]]).
** In the place of the above removed pages, KONAMI has instead placed little one-page websites for their older BEMANI games instead with very basic information and a few screenshots, which can be viewed [https://www.konami.com/amusement/products/search/?cat=am&series=BEMANI here]. All references to any in-house BEMANI staff have been removed from these little pages.
** In the place of the above removed pages, KONAMI has instead placed little one-page websites for their older BEMANI games instead with very basic information and a few screenshots, which can be viewed [https://www.konami.com/amusement/products/search/?cat=am&series=BEMANI here]. All references to any in-house BEMANI staff have been removed from these little pages.
** KONAMI later announced that the website removals were due to a restructure of their gaming portal websites, as noted on their twitter [https://twitter.com/konami_support/status/1047020477288452096 here]. However, since late 2018/early 2019, most old BEMANI games' links have been "fixed" by redirecting them to the newer, simpler pages, confirming that these old BEMANI game pages were indeed replaced with these new ones.
** Curiously, the [http://bmf.i-revo.jp/beatnation/index.html beatnation records] website was not taken down.
** Curiously, the [http://bmf.i-revo.jp/beatnation/index.html beatnation records] website was not taken down.
** KONAMI later announced that the website removals were due to a restructure of their gaming portal websites, as noted on their twitter [https://twitter.com/konami_support/status/1047020477288452096 here]. However, since late 2018/early 2019, most old BEMANI games' links have been "fixed" by redirecting them to the newer, simpler pages, confirming that these old BEMANI game pages were indeed replaced with these new ones.
* The track listing for [[Mayumi Morinaga]]'s compilation album [[All that is. Is that all?]] removes the artist listings for both [[In The Breeze]] and [[XANADU OF TWO]], due to them being composed by in-house BEMANI artists. They only credit Morinaga now.
* The track listing for [[Mayumi Morinaga]]'s compilation album [[All that is. Is that all?]] removes the artist listings for both [[In The Breeze]] and [[XANADU OF TWO]], due to them being composed by in-house BEMANI artists. They only credit Morinaga now.
* For the KONAMI 50th Anniversary Memorial Songs, all the songs were done by in-house artists under the generic BEMANI Sound Team moniker, uncredited until the ''pop'n music peace Original Soundtrack'' album.
* For the KONAMI 50th Anniversary Memorial Songs, all the songs were done by in-house artists under the generic BEMANI Sound Team moniker, uncredited until the ''pop'n music peace Original Soundtrack'' album.
* At the location test of the cancelled BEMANI game ''彩響DJアニクラゲ'', none of the in-house anime remixes were credited, instead going by various character's name, and wouldn't be until the songs were added to other BEMANI titles.
* At the location test of the cancelled BEMANI game ''彩響DJアニクラゲ'', none of the in-house anime remixes were properly credited (instead under aliases/character names), and wouldn't be until the songs were added to other BEMANI titles.


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